Newcastle manager Chris Hughton is confident striker Andy Carroll will learn from his mistakes after the player was fined after he admitted assaulting a man in a nightclub.

Hughton spoke out after Carroll, 21, pleaded guilty to common assault at Newcastle Crown Court yesterday and was fined £1,000 and also ordered to pay £2,500 compensation.

"He has to learn lessons," Hughton said. "He's a young man, but he does have to realise that he has a responsibility – first and foremost to himself, but also to a lot of other people.

"He is a player that is very much in the limelight and we hope he continues to be in the limelight, but for what he does on the football pitch. Anything outside of that, of course, has an impact and he's the one that is in that position and he's the one that's got to learn from it."

The court heard the England Under-21 international threw his drink over Michael Cook in Newcastle's Blu Bambu nightclub last December.

Carroll's glass accidentally slipped out of his hand and caused a cut to Mr Cook's eyebrow, the court heard.

Hughton, who refused to discuss whether Carroll had been subject to internal discipline, added: "It's Andy's responsibility now. What is important is that today is over and done with and it represents an opportunity for all us, because it's not all about Andy.

"It affects all us. It's something that everybody has been talking about for a while and it allows us and him to put it behind him, to concentrate on doing the things he does best and to learn the lessons from what's happened. I'm quite sure that he will.

"What Andy has had is a lot of support from the people around him and the reason he's had that is because he's a player and an individual who is very much liked around here.

"He's a player that has made mistakes and he'll hold his hand up to that and he has an opportunity now to put all that behind him. I see something in him that's worth investing all that time and effort in him."